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When Big Companies Support Start-ups, Both Make More Money

Harvard Business Review

Now imagine if eBay went beyond providing a technology platform and entered the field of business incubation in a meaningful way, It’s an idea that could have a huge impact. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android have fueled a global bonanza in app development. Those making $25,000 a month could perhaps get to $100,000 a month.

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The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Deep change, when it happens, is belated and convulsive, and typically requires an overhaul of the leadership team. Most of the recommended remedies—idea wikis, business incubators, online collaboration, design thinking, “authentic” leadership, et al —are no more than minor tweaks.

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Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo

Harvard Business Review

Billed as a set of tools for innovation, design thinking has been enthusiastically and, to some extent, uncritically adopted by firms and universities alike as an approach for the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. Then, both approaches move toward developing a theory about how to solve the problem or design challenge.